Health isn't really something I ever worried about. I've always considered myself health conscious, but I think it was with a sort of arrogant pride...a disbelief or disconnect that I could ever really lose my health. That wasn't me. That was something that happened to overweight people who fed their children chips and pop everyday.
I go to the gym. Every few months I go on a yoga kick, I avoid red meat, white bread and sugar, and trans fats. I make sure my children eat fruits and vegetables every day. And most of all, I'm young. I just turned 31. I feel like I've barely started to understand what life is all about.
On the other hand I am the mother of four children. Up until recently I was working part time, going to university part time and trying to keep up with four littles. Then there's the ongoing commitment to marriage, rent, bills, ballet classes, soccer practice, gymnastics practice, volunteering at the school and everything else that makes me run on my little hamster wheel of life.
I've always prided myself on my busy life. I'm a bit of an overachiever. I love the feeling I get from accomplishing things, whatever they may be. I never really stopped and thought about how this was affecting my body.
Well, now I've come to a place where my body is screaming at me to stop. Chronic fatigue, daily headaches, and a myriad of other problems have ground my hamster wheel to a screeching halt.
So I guess this is therapy as I try to balance naturopathic and holistic medicine with the Canadian medical system. God knows anybody would need therapy after that.
